Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-03
PersonaI. and Briers.

COUNTY "hS III tht CITY ycSteTuhy.
The Mozart governors met Thursday
night and transacted routine business.
Up to the 1st OF September $780,
216. IL had been spent on the new City
Hall.
Robert Klebers, an old resident OF
Richmond, died Thursday, in the
eighiieth year Of his age.
The lawn party OF the Dorcas Society
OF PaTk-Place church last night and
the night before was great success.
Judge A. f. King, of Fluvanna
county, who has been in the city for
several days, left for home yesterday.
Captain John NJ. West, of Peters
burg, and Delegate John r. Moss. o.
buckingham, were in the city yester-
day.
BY tho entertainment given at Tim
berlake's Park, near Atlee's, Thursday
by the ladieo Of Cool Spring church
over 500 was cleared.
Senator Samuel W. Williams. of
Bland county, is in the city. He re-
ports that the outlook for the Demt
clatic party in the Southwest is most
promising.
The following treasurers were at the
Capitol yesterday: j. b. Flippen. of
Cumberland H. w. Latqne, OF En-
sex; II. J. Tilman, of Powhatan, and
j. W. Whiteley, of Surry.
In future Rev. w. Z. Evans, pastor
Of Psrk-Place Methodist church, will
preach at the Mission chape', on the
corner of Main ard Lombardy streets,
every Sunday afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
The books Of the Chief of Police
show that there were 6Sj arrests made
during the month of August, of which
252 were white and 433 were colored
persons-the largest number of arrests
in one month for many years.
The members of Enterprise Council,
No. 9, J. o. u. A. NJ, visited Fulton
Thursday night, and despite the fa It
that large political meeting was in
progress organized Patrick Henry
Cornell, No. u, of that order.
A meeting of the Madison-Ward
Democratic Club will be held in the
Chancery-Corrt room on Monday night
at 8 o'clock for the purpose of elccting
officers for the ensring year and organ
izing for the approaching campaign.
The City Railway Company should
have a waiting-room or some kind OF
shelter at Lombardy street, where the
transfer from tie horse-carsto the dunn
ny is made, TO protect its patrons from
both the scorchinS sun and bad wea-
tber.
The members of the Arion Society
were elegantly entertained Thursday
night at the residence of their presi-
dent. Mr. Joseph w. Baube, No. II
east Clay streeS, and there was some
excellent music, both vocal and instlI-
mental.
Boykin Wright, Esq, Solicitor-Gen-
eral of Augusta, Ga, with his wife, is
visiting his father-in-law, DR.. r. G.
Cabell. Mr.. Wight has just come
from New York, where he represented
the State of Georgia in the extradition
conference.
On Wednesday next Thomas Hop
kins ard Carrie Henderson (both
colorcd) Will bo taken before Squire
Jonathan, at Henrico Courthouse, t0
answer the complaint of Carries hus-
bond, William, that they eloped and
went to Norfolk, where he found them
living together.
The new American champion road
maker, a machine combining the plow,
scraper, and cant, for which Messrs. Ia.
NJ. smith & Co. are the State agents,
will lie exhibited in operation to-day
from l to 4 o'clock near ChimbOrazo
Park, on the National-Cemetery road,
row under construction.
Mr.. Irving Weisiger, who resigned
the place in the freight department at
Newport News to accept the position of
auditor and treasurer of the Virginia
Steamboat Company, was presented
with q beautiful diamond pin by the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway en-
ployees upon his departure hom that
place.
Mr.. Joseph r. Anderson, Jr., secre-
taly of the Virginia Jersey-Cattle Asso-
cia;ion, has issued call for meeting
on Thursday, September Sth, at u
O'Clock NJ. Mt the rooms of the Cham
ber of Commerce, in this city, and as
usiness of importance to every mem
Der of the association will be brought
up at this meeting it is important thai
every member be present.